The Best Jazz Songs of All Time

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LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS ORCHESTRA: large band ft Louis Armstrong (tp & voc), Carroll Dickerson (vn), Zutty Singleton (dm) 1929
1 Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller - Razaf)
THE CHARLESTON CHASERS, ft Jack Teagarden (tb & voc), Benny Goodman (cl), Gene Krupa (dm) 1931
2 Basin Street Blues (Williams)
COLEMAN HAWKINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA, ft Coleman Hawkins (ts) 1939
3 Body and Soul (Heyman - Green - Sour)
FLETCHER HENDERSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA: large band incl. Fletcher Henderson (p & arr), Roy Eldridge (tp), Fernando Arbelo (tb), Chu Berry (ts), Buster Bailey (cl), Sidney Catlett (dm) 1936
4 Christopher Columbus (Berry - Razaf)
JELLY ROLL MORTON’S NEW ORLEANS JAZZMEN: Jelly Roll Morton (p), Sidney DeParis (tp), Claude Jones (tb), Albert Nicholas (cl), Sidney Bechet (sop), Happy Caldwell (ts), Lawrence Lucie (g), Wellman Braud (b), Zutty Singleton (dm) 1939
5 High Society (Steele)
JAM SESSION AT VICTOR: Bunny Berigan (tp), Tommy Dorsey (tb), Fats Waller (p), Dick McDonough (g), George Wettling (dm) 1937
6 Honeysuckle Rose (Waller - Razaf)
THE SPIRITS OF RHYTHM: Leo Watson, Wilbur Daniels, Douglas Daniels (tipple & voc), Teddy Bunn (g), Virgil Scoggins (dm & voc) 1933
7 I Got Rhythm (Gershwin)
DICKY WELLS AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Dicky Wells (tb), Shad Collins, Bill Dillard (tp), Howard Johnson (as), Sam Allen (p), Roger Chaput (g), Bill Beason (dm) 1937
8 I’ve Found a New Baby (Williams - Palmer)
RED NICHOLS AND HIS FIVE PENNIES: large band incl. Red Nichols (tp), Jack Teagarden (tb), Benny Goodman (cl), Gene Krupa (dm) 1929
9 Indiana (Hanley - McDonald)
DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA large band ft: Duke Ellington (p), nIvie Anderson (voc), Joe Nanton (tb), Harry Carney (bar), Johnny Hodges (as) 1932
10 It Don't Mean a Thing (Ellington)
METRONOME ALL-STARS large band ft: Harry James (tp), Jack Teagarden (tb), Benny Goodman (cl), Charlie Barnet (ts), Jack Teagarden (tb), Eddie Miller (ts), Jess Stacy(p), Ziggy Elman (tp), Charlie Christian (g), Bob Haggart (b), Gene Krupa (d) 1940
11 King Porter Stomp (Morton)
BILLIE HOLIDAY, vocal acc. by: Buck Clayton, Harry Edison (tp), Earle Warren (as), Lester Young (ts), Jack Washington (bar, as), Joe Sullivan (p), Freddie Green (g), Walter Page (b), Jo Jones (dm) 1939
12 The Man I Love (Gershwin)
BUD FREEMAN AND HIS CHICAGOANS: Bud Freeman (ts), Max Kaminski (tp), Jack Teagarden (tb), Pee Wee Russell (cl), Dave Bowman (p), Eddie Condon (g), Mort Stuhlmaker (b), Dave Tough (dm) 1940
13 Muskrat Ramble (Ory)
TEDDY WILSON AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Teddy Wilson (p), Bill Coleman (tp), Benny Morton (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), George James (bar), Eddie Gibbs (g), Al Hall (b), Yank Porter (dm) 1940
14 Oh! Lady, Be Good (Gershwin)
LIONEL HAMPTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Lionel Hampton (vib & voc), Buster Bailey (cl), Johnny Hodges (as), Jess Stacy (p), Allen Reuss (g), John Kirby (b), Cozy Cole (dm) 1937
15 On the Sunny Side (McHugh - Fields)
BIX BEIDERBECKE AND HIS GANG: Bix Beiderbecke (cn), Bill Rank (tb), Don Murray (cl), Adrian Rollini (bsx), Frank Signorelli (p), Chauncey Morehouse (dm) 1927
16 Royal Garden Blues (Williams)
JIMMIE LUNCEFORD AND HIS ORCHESTRA: large band incl. Willie Smith (cl), Edwin Wilcox (p) 1934
17 Sophisticated Lady (Ellington)
DUKE ELLINGTON AND HIS ORCHESTRA, ft Duke Ellington (p), Bing Crosby (voc), Cootie Williams (tp), Joe Nanton (tb), Johnny Hodges (as) 1932
18 St. Louis Blues (Handy)
BENNY GOODMAN SEXTET: Benny Goodman (cl), Lionel Hampton (vib), Charlie Christian (g), Fletcher Henderson (p), Artie Bernstein (b), Nick Fatool (dm) 1939
19 Stardust (Carmichael - Parish)
CHICK WEBB AND HIS ORCHESTRA: large band incl. Chick Webb (dm), Sandy Williams (tb), Elmer Williams (ts), Taft Jordan (tp), Pete Clark (cl), Edgar Sampson (as) 1934
20 Stompin' at the Savoy (Sampson -Webb)
SIDNEY BECHET QUINTET: Sidney Bechet (sop), Meade Lux Lewis (p), Teddy Bunn (g), Johnny Williams (b), Sidney Catlett (dm) 1939
21 Summertime (Gershwin - DuBose)
QUINTETTE DU HOT CLUB DE FRANCE: Stephane Grappelli (vn), Django Reinhardt, Roger Chaput, Eugene Vees (g), Louis Vola (b ) 1938
22 Sweet Georgia Brown (Pinkard - Casey - Bernie)
TOMMY DORSEY, trumpet solo acc. by: Arthur Schutt (p), Eddie Lang (g), Jimmy Williams (b), Stan King (dm) 1928
23 Tiger Rag (LaRocca)
TOMMY DORSEY AND HIS ORCHESTRA: large band ftTommy Dorsey (tb), Yank Lawson (tp), Johnny Mince (cl), Babe Russin (ts) 1938
24 Tin Roof Blues (N.O.R.K)
LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND HIS ORCHESTRA, ftLouis Armstrong (tp & voc), J. C. Higginbotham (tb), Charlie Holmes (as), Paul Barbarin (dm) 1938
25 When the Saints Go Marchin’ In (trad.)